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George Pyle: As long as she wasn't carving her initials on the moose ...

What all Monty Python fans who also read The Tribune are thinking right now.

Courtesy | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources A bull moose was relocated after it wandered into Provo on Friday January 22, 2016.

Courtesy | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources A bull moose was relocated after it wandered into Provo on Friday January 22, 2016.

I really hope the woman who was apparently attacked by a moose up by Jeremy Ranch is OK.

— Injured woman found on Utah trail was likely attacked by a moose, officials say — Mariah Noble | The Salt Lake Tribune

A moose was the likely culprit after hikers found an injured woman on a Summit County trail over the weekend, a Division of Wildlife Resources official said Wednesday. ... Though some animals might be deterred when someone tries to fight back, moose are not... Fighting back would likely make a moose more aggressive.

If she isn’t OK, this is in poor taste.

If she is OK, I hope she gets a laugh out of this. (Read it very carefully.) Oh, and the Utah DWR would like to talk to her, wherever she is.

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